Need eBay advice

12thRound · Jan 6, 2010

I'm stuck as the leading bidder on a small-ticket item at eBay. I put in a bid on a product, and didn't want to wait 5 more days for the bidding to end, so I just did a "buy it now" on the same product from another seller for a little more money.

Now, it looks like I'm going to win the bid on the same product - something I thought would never happen.

What happens if you just blow off winning the bid at eBay? Do they ban your account? I don't need 2 of the damn products.

Betallsports · Jan 6, 2010

12thRound said:
I'm stuck as the leading bidder on a small-ticket item at eBay. I put in a bid on a product, and didn't want to wait 5 more days for the bidding to end, so I just did a "buy it now" on the same product from another seller for a little more money.

Now, it looks like I'm going to win the bid on the same product - something I thought would never happen.

What happens if you just blow off winning the bid at eBay? Do they ban your account? I don't need 2 of the damn products.

How Long before the Auction Ends ??? couple of hours ? Mins ? Days ?

EzMoney012 · Jan 6, 2010

You can do a bid Retraction......Go to help and type in Retract Bid or Bid Retraction

12thRound · Jan 6, 2010

It has 4 days to go, but no one has outbid me in several days.

Meanwhile, the same product from a "buy it now" has already been shipped to me.

Live and learn. When I bid on the original item, someone was automatically bidding higher than me over and over. Then unfortunately on my last bid, he stopped.

Lesson learned. I'll try a bid retraction. thx

Betallsports · Jan 6, 2010

EzMoney012 said:
You can do a bid Retraction......Go to help and type in Retract Bid or Bid Retraction

Yup, I was going t say the same thing.

That Should take care it, with No Problems.

shiz · Jan 6, 2010

Don't be a prick and blow it off, suck it up. Lesson learned and move on.

12thRound said:
I'm stuck as the leading bidder on a small-ticket item at eBay. I put in a bid on a product, and didn't want to wait 5 more days for the bidding to end, so I just did a "buy it now" on the same product from another seller for a little more money.

Now, it looks like I'm going to win the bid on the same product - something I thought would never happen.

What happens if you just blow off winning the bid at eBay? Do they ban your account? I don't need 2 of the damn products.

12thRound · Jan 6, 2010

ezmoney012 - the bid retraction worked - thanks you made my day.

shiz - get a job and watch the potty mouth

shiz · Jan 6, 2010

So its my fault you put in a bid on the same item with two different people because you didn't want to wait a few days. Then you trying to think of a way to blow off somebody.

You need to learn something about personal responsibility.

12thRound said:
ezmoney012 - the bid retraction worked - thanks you made my day.

shiz - get a job and watch the potty mouth

wvafan3 · Jan 6, 2010

12thRound said:
When I bid on the original item, someone was automatically bidding higher than me over and over. Then unfortunately on my last bid, he stopped.

High volume sellers always have bi-bidders so they can list an item at a low price and get away with lower listing fees.

PlaysnFades · Jan 6, 2010

Not sure if you sold before, but you could just sell it to someone else. A lot of people just buy and immediately sell ebay items without ever physically seeing the product themselves.

PlaysnFades · Jan 6, 2010

wvafan3 said:
High volume sellers always have bi-bidders so they can list an item at a low price and get away with lower listing fees.

Unfortunately, as you probablry know, some of these are rigged. Definitely unethical and most likely illegal, but very hard to prove as these sellers have "friends" bidding from all over the place.